first molecular identifications of necator americanus and ancylostoma ceylanicum infecting rural communities in lower myanmar. | hookworms are enteric parasitic roundworms infecting an estimated 400 million persons worldwide. herein, we provide the first molecular identifications of human hookworms from certain parts of rural lower myanmar. dna was extracted from hookworm-positive stool samples, as determined by microscopy. dna sequences of the partial internal transcribed spacer 1, full length 5.8s gene, and partial internal transcribed spacer 2 were determined and compared with available hookworm sequences from public d ... | 2017 | 28077747 |